Really TRUE odd factoids

[classic33]

Thomas Edisons lightbulbs was responsible for people sleeping less and the 24 hour working day.

 

[dicko]

There really is a Father Christmas I asked for a tricycle and I got one.

 

[Andy in Germany]

Just before Al Capone died, it emerged that his Brother Vicenzo had been living under the name Richard James "Two gun" Hart, and working, of all things, as a prohibition agent.

 

[classic33]

The Use By date, now common on nearly all perishable goods was invented by Al Capone.

It came about after one of his family became ill after drinking milk that was off. He decided against knocking off the supplier, and decided to delve further into the milk distribution.
He found shady dealings and very little regulation in the supply, storage and delivery of milk. So with prohibition ending, and a fleet of trucks at his disposal, doing very little he lobbied for the Use By Date to be introduced, as he entered the milk market.

 

[Chris S]

It's cheaper to post your Christmas cards from India to an address in the UK (35p) than it is to do it here.

 

[Chris S]

Duck-billed platypuses don't have any nipples. They 'sweat' milk for their young through the pores in their skin.

 

[Electric_Andy]

Duck-billed platypuses don't have any nipples. They 'sweat' milk for their young through the pores in their skin.

that's weird. But then again, platypie are fairly biologically weird in most ways

 

[classic33]

Elon Musk was blocked by his ex girlfriend on Twitter.
One of the first things he did when he bought twitter was to delete her account.

 

[Tail End Charlie]

The word for "corduroy" in Swedish is Manchester. Supposedly because that was where it was all made.

 

[Beebo]

The word for "corduroy" in Swedish is Manchester. Supposedly because that was where it was all made.

And lots of people think it means the “King’s cloth” in French. But that isn’t true.
It’s an old English word for rough woolen rope.

 

[Tail End Charlie]

And lots of people think it means the “King’s cloth” in French. But that isn’t true.
It’s an old English word for rough woolen rope.

Thanks, didn't know that.

 

[Beebo]

And doing a bit of Corduroy research, the individual ridges are called wales. I’ve no idea why they chose that name.

But the pattern is expressed in wales per inch. So a 10 wale corduroy has 10 wales per inch.

 

[DaveReading]

And doing a bit of Corduroy research, the individual ridges are called wales. I’ve no idea why they chose that name.

In that case, I wonder what they call the valleys.

 

[Tenkaykev]

In that case, I wonder what they call the valleys.

Selaws?

 

[Tail End Charlie]

And doing a bit of Corduroy research, the individual ridges are called wales. I’ve no idea why they chose that name.

But the pattern is expressed in wales per inch. So a 10 wale corduroy has 10 wales per inch.

Now that is Googling above and beyond the call of duty. Amazing what rabbit holes we can all disappear down!